Infographics in Marketing

By Adam | 10 Oct 2016 12:00:00

Put it in a graphic.

When you do content marketing, there are lots of different kinds of content which you can create for your customers. There are blog posts (which, if you have the ideas, can be one of the easiest things to produce), videos, infographics and more too. Each of these things have value in their own ways, but in today's blog post I would like to focus specifically on creating infographics and the value which they can provide.

The reason that infographics are so popular is that they allow you to convey information in a way which is very easy for people to consume. Working within a specific industry as you do, you are doubtlessly privy to information which the average consumer may not be aware of. Get together some important facts (do some research too, it's best to put a lot of effort into this) and then think of a way that a graphic of this kind can be best displayed. Now, for an infographic to be successful, it needs to be very well designed and so if you don't have any design skills of your own, it would definitely be worth hiring a graphic designer. Once the graphic is made, share it everywhere you can: on your social media accounts, via press release sites, everywhere. People enjoy interesting information and this will be exactly the kind of thing people will like to share. If you add a note that says people are free to share it so long as they credit you, then this could do wonders for your brand awareness. Just having heard of you, people will be much more likely to turn to you when they need something you offer and, thanks to the infographic, you'll have made it clear that you really know your stuff too.

So I hope that gives you an idea of what infographics can do for your business. Marketing is a complicated thing and you need to try every possibility until you find out what works best for you. If you haven't ever made an infographic before, then it would certainly be worth your time to do so soon.